She's Leaving Home
Ton : EEnglish
Couplet
EWednesday Bmmorning F#mat five o'clock as C#mthe day F#mbegins
B11Silently closing her Abedroom door
B11Leaving the note that she Ahoped would say more.
EShe goes Bmdownstairs to F#mthe kitchen C#mclutching a handkerchief
B11Quietly turning the B9backdoor key
B11Stepping Aoutside she is B7free.
Refrain
EShe (We gave her most of our lives)
Is leaving (Sacrificed most of our lives)
Home (We gave her F#meverything money could buy)
C#mShe's leaving home after F#mliving alone for C#mso many years.
Couplet
EFather Bmsnores as F#mhis wife gets into C#mher dressing-F#mgown
B11Picks up the letter Athat's lying there
B11Standing alone at the Atop of the stairs
EShe breaks Bmdown and cries to F#mher husband: Daddy, C#mour baby's gone.
B11Why would she treat us so B9thoughtlessly?
B11How could Ashe do this B7to me?
Refrain
EShe (We never thought of ourselves)
Is leaving (Never a thought for ourselves)
Home (We struggled F#mhard all our lives to get by)
C#mShe's leaving home F#mafter living alone for C#mso many years.
Couplet
EFriday Bmmorning F#mat nine o'clock she C#mis far away
B11Waiting to keep the Aappointment she made
B11Meeting a Aman from B7the motor trade.
Refrain
EShe (What did we do that was wrong?)
Is having (We didn't know it was wrong)
Fun (Fun is the F#mone thing that money can't buy
C#mSomething inside that was F#malways denied for C#mso many F#myears)
C#mShe's F#mleaving home, Abye, Ebye.